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PARCEL CLASP.

PatentediAug. 14, 1888.

NITED STATES PATENT @FHQE.

XVILLT AM S. ROCK,

OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO XVILLTAM V. KIRKPATRICK, OF SAME PLACE.

PARCEL-CLASP.

$PECIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,737, dated August 14, 1888.

Application tiled February 24, 1888. Serial No. 265,210. {No model.)

To cull whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. BOOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Day ton, in the county of Montgomery and State 5 of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Parcel Clasp or Device for Grocers, &c., of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a handy device for grocers and others to be used in lilting parcels-such as canned goods, lampchimneys, SSCc-Wlllfil] are placed upon shelves out of reach without climbing upon something to reach them.

My device is a circle clasp; and it consists 1 of the peculiar construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

The figure in the accompanying drawing illustrates a view in perspective of my invention.

Referring to the drawing, the letter A represents a handle. B and G are jaws with extensions b I). N is a spiral spring. D is a thinible or socket. L is a string or wire. f

and g are screws. h is an opening; j and 1;, guides; d, rough surface on lace ot'jaws; and a a are ringsf In the construction of my clamp, which is made of metal, I use an ordinary wood handle,

A, to the upper end of which the lower stationary jaw, B, is secured by means ofa socket, D, formed integral with the jaw, and a screw, f, passing through the socket into the handle, as shown. To one side of the extension I) is a This screw acts as a pivot upon which the upper movable jaw turns. The jaws are made in circular form and the inner surfaces thereof are roughened or corrugated, as shown at d. In practice I use an ordinary spiral spring, which is secured to the side of the jaw O at n and to the extension 1) of jaw B at a. This spring is for the purpose of releasing thejaws when they have been closed around the article when said arti- 5o cle has been placed where it is desired. Near the end of the extension I) of the jaw C is a hole, 71, through which the string is passed, and is made fast at that point and is carried over to the extension I) of jaw B. Thence it passes through a guide, on extension I), and then downward toward the upper end of the handle A, where it is inserted through a guide,

It, on said handle.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The end of the stationary jaw B is placed on one side of the article. The jaw G is then arranged around the other side of the article, and by pulling the string the said jaws will embrace the article, holding it fast untillifted out of its place and deposited where desired.

Having described my invention,what I claim 15- The combination, with the handle A, the. stationary jaw 13, having the extension I) and socket D, formed with said jaw, and said socket connected to the top of handle A, of the pivoted jaw.C, having extension I), the spring N, connecting said movable jaw and extension of the stationary jaw, and the wire or string connected to extensions 2) Z) and handle A, as shown and described.

XVILLLQS; S. BOOK.

Attest:

J. P. Book, Trros. L. Boon. 

